Mission and Vision
A just world, without poverty. That is our mission. We believe that people can build independent livelihoods, provided their rights are respected. That is why we help people around the world to stand up for their rights.
1. Right to sustainable livelihood resources
Everybody must be sure of a fair income and enough to eat. Yet this is not the case for 20% of the world’s population. That is why we are working on better access to land and water, and on fair working and trading conditions.
2. Right to basic social services
Education and health care are essential for building better societies. Yet even as we make progress towards universal primary education, around the world, there are still 130 million kids in school who fail to learn basic reading, writing and maths. When governments fail to deliver, Oxfam together with partner organizations invest in quality basic social services.
3. Right to life and security
Natural disasters, climate change and armed conflicts hit millions of people every year. We support them with relief aid and reconstruction. And we prepare people to prevent or mitigate the effects of disasters and conflicts.
4. Right to social and political participation
Knowledge is power. We believe that when people can participate in public decisions that affect them, they can build independent livelihoods and thriving communities.Together with partners we give people access to information and a voice.
5. Right to an identity
Gender inequality is both a violation of human rights and an obstacle to sustainable development. In a just world there is no place for the discrimination of women and minorities.
Our Core Values
When people’s basic rights are respected, we can rid the world of poverty and injustice. This is what we stand for:
- Empowerment
We work on the basis of the power and potential of people. We provide practical and innovative solutions to empower people to build their livelihoods without poverty.
- Accountability
We call on those in power to consider people in a vulnerable position in word and action. And we of course account for our own work to governments, donors, supporters, volunteers, corporations and almost 17 million Dutch men and women.
- Inclusiveness
We are all equal, irrespective of the accident of birth, gender, faith or sexual orientation. In all our work we give special attention to the position and rights of women and minorities. And given the potentially pivotal role of women as agents of change, gender justice is at the heart of everything we do.
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Displaying 146 - 150 of 328Alliance Against Hunger & Malnutrition
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Extension of Alliance Against Hunger <(>&<)> malnutrition (AAHM - II) The Alliance against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM) is a global network comprising of civil society, intergovernmental organizations and international NGOs. AAHM in Pakistan was establishedto provide both international and national expertise with a platform to fight hunger and malnutrition.SCOPE started establishing the national chapter of international AAHM in collaboration with OXFAM Novib under the Grow Campaign in December 2012. It is an informal forum of different stakeholders comprising civil society organizations (CSOs) including NGOs, media, farmers# organizations, women#s groups, trade unions etc., Inter-governmental organizations, international NGOs (INGOs), UN agencies and donors, Experts and academiain individual capacity as advisors. Through the categorized membership campaign stakeholders identified and data base was developed. Website of AAHM Pakistan and IEC material established on the issue of food security, Malnutrition,land rights and land reforms. A strong networking established which will be utilized in future at common platforms of AAHM and Grow Campaign- to eradicate food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition in Pakistan. In collaboration with Ministry of National FoodSecurity and Research National launchingof AAHM was held in June, 2013 in Islamabad, and has established liaison with Planning and Development Commission and Ministry of Health as well. Under AAHM Oxfam <(>&<)> Scope have established a think tank for feedbackmechanism on food prices and food security policy, and have undertaken a scoping study on food security situation in the country last year. Regular Information sharing among all relevant stakeholders through circular emails on vital issues related to food and nutrition security in Pakistan
Climate-resilient Water Resources dvlp.
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Community based pilot action for climate-resilient water resources development for life and livelihoods in Rod Kohi/Pachadh belt ofDistrict Rajanpur In Pakistan, spate irrigation covers about 8% of the total irrigated area. It is locally known as Rod Kohi in KPKprovince and Punjab province and Sailaba in the Balochistan province. Across the country, it is often generally referred to as flood irrigation. This kind of irrigation relies on the floods of the hill torrents, which are diverted into a plain area, locally knownas Damaan. In the indigenous systems, farmers divert the spate flow to their fields by constructing breachable earth bunds (called Gandas) across the hill stream and/or stone/gravel spurs leading towards the centre of the river. Spate irrigation farming system ofRod-Kohi areas is a unique system of farming being practiced in Piedmont plains of D.I. Khan (KPK), D.G. Khan and Rajanpur (Punjab), Dadu (Sindh) and in Sulaiman ranges, Kachhi plain, Kharan and Lasbela basins of Balochistan. Balochista has about 1.2 million ha of Sailaba irrigated land. In Punjab province, flash flood water is mainly harvested from Sulaiman mountain range. In KPK, minor spate flows occur in spring and the major floods occur in summer as a result of monsoon rainfall on the Sulaiman range and Lakki-Marwat hills during July and August. In these areas the major constraint is the use of flood flow which is highly variable in quantity and distribution, both in time and space. Annual rainfall is low and uncertain but brings large amount of water with each rainfall event. The agriculture of most of the areas of these regions is totally dependent on rainfall, although affected by flood with rainfall but most of the times remain without water. It is unfortunate that in spite of scarcity of water, major part of flood flows is lost due to mismanagement. The major problem is the unavailability of any kind of storage and modernized engineering structures, though lot of efforts and money were spent in order to control thetorrents flow floods and in humanitarian/relief operations but storage is never considered important. If the proper storage facility and modernized structures are provided in these areas then not only the flood is controlled but also the drought conditions can be mitigated and the crops which have very less yield due to the unavailability of water can be enhanced. The project, will build a knowledge base related to water sector especially water resource management through building facilities for utilizing perennial water from Darrah Kaha Sultan and attract the attention of the stakeholders to extremely water-stressed Rod Kohi belt of district Rajanpur which may be a turning point for these communities and Water Resources Management catalyzed by this initiative will revitalize the downtrodden communities again. 'Darrah Kaha Sultan', the major Rod Kohi outlet in the district located in Jampur tehsil, and its main perennial stream 'Alif Wah' with sub-streams is the main focus of the project. Project Objectives: OVERALL OBJECTIVE: # To enable the stakeholders for efficient water resources development for increased agricultural and livelihoods productivity in water-stressed Rod Kohi/Pachadh belt of District Rajanpur through developing knowledge base and evaluating pilot interventions SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: # To assist water-stressed communities of Rod Kohi belt of Rajanpur in pursuing their struggle for water rights and sustainable livelihoods through increasing land productivity # To evaluate the performanceof Rod Kohi/spate irrigation/water diversion system in District Rajanpur and identify innovative techniques for improving its performance and land productivity # To contribute in water resources development efforts of Government of Pakistan throughdeveloping irrigation water resources in Rod Kohi areas of District Rajanpur
Citizen monitoring of land governance
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The project aims to improve small farmers# participation in land governance through piloting a community-based monitoring mechanismthat will be adopted into subsequent national policy documents. This mechanism will build on Oxfam and Landa#s experience in community consultation on the Land Law and engagement in direct community projects, with the aim to increase domestic support for implementing the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National FoodSecurity (VGGTs). The overall goal of this project is to secure land rights of small-scale farmers and ethnic minority communities through evidence-based advocacy towards a more transparent and inclusive land governance legal framework, with meaningful participation of the citizens in to the processes in order to help reduction of land use related conflicts in Vietnam. This project contributes to Vietnamese Government priorities by operationalising Article 199 of the 2013 Land Law on apilot basis in three provinces, documenting and disseminating results, and linking to development of policies and guidelines to implement citizen monitoring provisions of the Land Law nationwide. To achieve this, Oxfam and Landa will engage with MONRE/GDLA and other government agencies immediately from the start of the project. Successful implementation of the action will contribute to the overall goal of MRLG of securing the rights to land access of small holding farmers. This project will be primarilyimplemented in regions inhabited by ethnic minority groups. The engagement of the small farmers at grassroots level throughout project implementation will be facilitated through various capacity building and awareness raising activities. Furthermore, they will not only be consulted on the suitability and appropriatenessof the guidelines on citizens monitoring of land governance, but also engage directly in certain stages of monitoring. This continuing process of engagement will form a solid foundation forproactive action of smallholder farmers in claiming their rights. The project#s ultimate beneficiaries are small-scale farmers (particularly ethnic minorities and women) who obtain and preserve access to land through different land re-allocation, pro-poor participatory land planning, and other progressive policies. The minimum target inthis Innovation Fund project will be that 300 farmers in each of three provinces, or 900 farmers in all, of which at least 50% are ethnic minorities and 50% women willactively engaged in monitoring different processes of land governance.
Land Governance in Vietnam
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Overall objective: To create equal opportunities for vulnerable people to access to natural resources and to enhance land governance at levels in term of effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, accountability and transparency. Component 1: Legal aid to people who lose land or in land disputes Objective: To fight against social injustice through provision of legal information and a legal aid for limited resource farmers and disadvantageous communities dealing with protecting their land use rights andbenefits. Output 1: People who lose their land or in land disputes access to legal support services. Output 2: Grass-roots staffs are capable of providing legal aids for local people. Component 2: Policy advocacy Objective: To enable the policy makershear the voice and perspectives of vulnerable people (farmers, poor and ethnic people) and experts relating to agriculture and forestry land use and management to develop better policies. Output 1: Researches# results on cases of land loss and compensation are disseminated to policy makers and publicize to the public. Output 2: Policy makers take vulnerable groups# opinions and wishes into account in the policy making process. Target Area and Beneficiaries The Land Governance Program (LGP) now seekstointegrate interventions at grass roots levels (village,commune, district and province) and to provide evidence for national level advocacy work. The LGP will focus on beneficiaries who are farmers and ethnic minority people (vulnerable groups) and targetat agriculture land. For the first objective, two provinces are selected as the program#s target areas. The program will work in two poor communes in one district per each province where local people depend much on agricultural production and/ or bothagricultural and forestry land. Target communes will be areas that the percentage of farmers must account for at least 70% of the total population. It is better if have agriculture land were or will be recovered by the government in these communes because people here are direct affected land users. Through the LGP, land users will have more opportunities to access to legal information and receive legal advices and assistance of land problems. Therefore, they would havemore power and voice in defend their legitimate land use rights from the land acquisition, also improve their livelihoods and diversify their livelihood options. Local government staff and mass organization members are also direct beneficiaries of the program. They will receive training courses and attend workshops to enhance their capacities, knowledge and skills of legal aid and land administration. For the second objective, Oxfam will be a bridge to connect different perspectives of land issues from grass roots levels to policy makers through researches so that both direct and indirect beneficiaries are research institutes, universities, local authorities and policy-makers who take part in research activities and policy dialogues. Target areas for researches selected will be provinces withgood or bad practices of the land acquisition process and compensation (such as Nam Dinh, Da Dang, Bac Giang provinces/cities, etc.) in order to find out good recommendations for the policy-makers.
Empowerment and access to justice
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After two tumultuous years characterized by the occupation of the north of the country by armed groups , a coup , suspension of development aid and the deployment of French troops, African and UN in the country , Mali is turning point in the crisis. However, to do this , the Malian government has to face the consequences of bad governance over the past two decades and its impact the quality of services , including justice . Access to justice to resolve land disputes , domestic or criminal cases is essential for the development and the rule of law. Otherwise , corruption and lack of faith of citizens in their government may perpetuate insecurity and poverty . Obtain updated information on the quality , efficacy and user perceptions on justice servicesremains a major problem in almost all legal systems worldwide . Official statistics include the number and type of cases heard , or possibly on the duration of the trial, rather than on the quality or level of satisfaction of stakeholders. And policy makers often have to refer on surveys and ad hoc studies to assess the quality of these services. This poses a problem for the establishment of a judicial policy based on evidence and meet the needs of citizens. Thanks to an innovative approach to using ICTOxfam aims to fill this gap and enable citizens,particularly women , to give their views on the formal and informal legal services in real time , and identify problems and possible in order to improve their quality solutions. This data can also be usedto hold the government responsible for the poor quality orlack of services simply . Oxfam will build on its experience of other countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo to help put in place processes and mechanisms for communities and authorities of justice (police, gendarmerie, the paralegals , lawyers, magistrates , local authorities ) to establish a regular dialogue and institutional # for improving the quality of legal services , prevention of violations of human rights and ensuring justice for victims. The information collected through anonymous SMS and other channels as a basis for dialogue. The Empowerment of citizens in the area of justice in Mali " hereinafter called the Project" is based on decades of experience of Oxfam in Mali and elsewhere in support of civil society faire de awareness on human rights and women,the provision of essential services for vulnerable women , and a good remedy for violations of rights. Oxfam now wants to use his experience to build the capacity of citizens, especially women, to monitor the provision of legal services and direct dialogue with the authorities in order to improve these services . The project will build the experience of Oxfam and our partners and DemeSo WILDAF over the past fiveyears in the training of paralegals, the sensibilization communities to improve their knowledge of the justicesystem , and the deployment of mobile legal clinics rural communities. The project will also incorporate the lessons of research conducted by HiiL and set embodied by DemeSo WILDAF and the perception of justice. Advocacy for taxes of Extractive Industries